Protein import into chloroplasts-How chaperones feature into the game

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1808, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 901-911

  Schwenkert, Serena ^a   Soll, Jürgen ^a   Bölter, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 93; INNER ENVELOPE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PROETEIN TOC159; PROETEIN TOC33; PROETEIN TOC75; PROTEIN TIC110; PROTEIN TIC20; PROTEIN TIC21; PROTEIN TIC22; PROTEIN TIC32; PROTEIN TIC40; PROTEIN TIC62; PROTEIN TOC12; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TIC TRANSLOCON; TOC RECEPTOR; TOC TRANSLOCON; TRANSLOCON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL FUNCTION; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOSOL; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN IMPORT; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPLASTS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 79851508389     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2010.07.021     Document Type: Review

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